Improvements plow and cultivator combined



. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CALVIN J. WOODS AND JOSEPH A. PHILLIPS, OF OENTREVILLE, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT'IN PLOW AND CULTIVATORJCOMBINED.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 96,757, dated November 9, 1869.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, CALVIN J. WOODS and JOSEPH A. PHILLlPs, of Centreville, in the county of Wayne and State of Indiana, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Plows and Cultivators; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eX- aot description ofthe construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this'specication, and to the letters and gures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 ofthe drawings is a representation of a side view of our cultivator, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Our invention relates to means for plowing andcultivating the soil; and it consists mainly in a novel arrangement of devicesintended to serve an efficient purpose for the use mentioned.

A of the drawings represents the main or center beam ofour plow. It consists of an iron plate with its frontend cutout to form a hook for the clevis, and with its rear pai t bent downl ward, as shown, the extreme end of which is formed into a shovel-plow.

B and C represent auxiliary plow-beams, of iron, attached to the main beam by the bolt a and its nut and screw c. They are also respectively attached to said main beam and made adjustable by means of the set-screws d, and have plows formed on their rear or lower ends, las shown.

H represents the handles of our plow, attached to the main beam by the bolt h, and

`also united with the sliding frameF by means of the cross-barr s, in themanner shown.

The frame F is constructed in the form of a staple, with the cross-bar s passing through its open end, where itisheld and made removable by mxans of the'nuts and screws e. The lower side Or end of this frame is slotted, as shown at y. Through this slot is passed the bolti from the main beam ofthe cultivator, and by means of the nut on the thread upon the end thereof the frame is made adjustable to the right or left at will. We usually placeawasher between the beam and the lower side of the frame. By this means also the frame and handles may be raised or lowered to any desirable extent. At the point f we pass a pin through the main beam-and the side beams Ot the oultivator, which is not titted closely, but while it serves to hold the parts in position vertically allows the side beams to be moved outward or inward at the will of the operator.

We claim- The plow herein described, having beams and plows A, B, and O, bolta,setscrews d, haudles H, and sliding frame F, constructed and arranged as specied.

In testimony that we claim the above We have hereunto subscribed our names in the presence of two witnesses.

CALVIN J. WOODS. JOSEPH A. PHILLIPS. Witnesses:

THOS. J. STUDY, H. GARRETT. 

